Rainbow ridge - a feature with a name that belies its steepness and boneyard of Dall sheep and unlucky birds. I severely underestimated how extensive snow can be in May in the Alaska Range.
Looking to the south you can see the highway heading towards Paxon, junction with the Denali Highway.
Our favorite pastime on this trip became 1) throwing rocks at ice floes in the river and 2) rolling giant snowballs downhill.
"You look really good from behind, and I bet you would look even better from the front - can I take your picture?!"
- Christine
Dall sheep skeleton left from a hunter kill sometime last winter. We started looking for a kill when we hiked past chunks of sheep fur scattered in the willows like large cotton balls.
The group standing above the first steep ascent, but still far below the high pass on rainbow ridge.
The Alaska range as we were leaving Delta Junction, heading towards rainbow ridge.
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